CARE to know what PG&E and South San Joaquin Irrigation District agree upon?Try how a number of folks in Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon are getting reduced electrical rates that probably aren’t qualified to receive rate breaks. As a result everyone else is subsidizing their power use whether they are other ratepayers or PGE’s shareholders.It’s part of the quasi-sham known as California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) that the California Public Utilities Commission foisted on for-profit utilities in the Golden State.Those who apply and are accepted get around 32 percent off the first tier of power usage, 31 percent off the second tier of power usage and a whopping 59 percent off the third tier. Of course, if you’re in the third tier for residential users you would be characterized in some quarters as an energy hog not to mention the fact you’d have to slaughter more than a few to pay PG&E at the non-discounted rate.Now for the number that really matters: Some 29 percent of the PG&E customers in the SSJID territory consisting of Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon are on CARE rates.PG&E is currently building a case before the CPUC that such a high percentage of subsidized power users is unsustainable and needs to be significantly modified.